At dinner a few days ago, a foreign friend whose family has had ties to our country for over 200 years, and who has reason to be in Binondo and downtown Manila fairly often, mentioned something that really made Mrs. MM and I cringe… In effect, he said “I have never seen downtown Manila…

You just have to watch this video sent to Mrs. MM by PJ, it’s just too funny. But also so real. I couldn’t stop laughing, and frankly, think they should do this here as well. As long as there is an equal effort to put up public toilets.

After our rather hearty breakfast from the Raspail market, we made our way by subway to the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, strolling leisurely on our way up to the meeting point for the bus to the new Louis Vuitton museum.